She didn't do it. Right?
For fans of Gone Girl, None of This Is True, and Megan Abbott—a psychological suspense novel about a woman who becomes the prime suspect in a poisoning she may not remember committing.
Everyone thinks Jessica Greer poisoned her rival.
Including, in her worst moments, Jessica.
When the columnist who replaced her collapses after eating a ricin-laced brownie delivered through the mail, Jessica has everything the FBI wants: motive, opportunity, and a psychiatric history that makes her the easiest suspect in the room.
Soon she's front-page news across Pittsburgh. The press dubs her the Mail Murderess. Former friends turn cautious. Every memory becomes evidence.
But as the investigation deepens, the case against Jessica begins to crack. Hidden rivalries. Buried family histories. A trail of clues winding through the Steel City's cultural elites. Secrets someone has spent decades protecting.
And Jessica isn't entirely sure she's innocent.
The Critic is a psychological suspense novel featuring an unreliable narrator, a woman accused of domestic terrorism, media scrutiny, and a twisting investigation set against the backdrop of a 1990s Pittsburgh newsroom.
The Critic is book 1 of the Steel City Mysteries—a series of standalone psychological suspense novels set in 1990s Pittsburgh. If you've finished Gone Girl, devoured Sharp Objects, and are always on the lookout for stories about unreliable narrators, media-fueled accusations, and women who refuse to become the villains of someone else's story.
